I really recommend this article by Paulette D. Koronkevich. It perfectly expresses some of the same thoughts that I've been having about CS, both research and teaching, in this AI-polluted age.
I am only in this business because of the people. My PhD advisor Gabi and her husband Manuel, my mentor Kai, my collaborators Rob and Peter and Christine and Zilin, my colleagues Ohad and James and Sam, and most of all my students over the years, among whom in particular I would name Andrew, Jiyeong, Tammy, Emmett, Amy, Ke and Rayhana.